Image Credits

With our selection of images, we honor the settings and accomplishments of our colleagues in all colleges, universities and school districts in the world. Of the five images we select every week one image features a college, university or school district from Michigan, one image from an international institution, and the remaining three from institutions of all sizes and affiliations within the United States. Sometimes we make exceptions to the general rule based upon which institution may be in the news.

We do our best to be respectful of intellectual property rights. Consensus standards are, after all, intellectual property. So are images. All images are obtained either from Wikimedia Commons or social media postings that are available royalty-free to the public at the time they were available. We have technical constraints — such as a 1920 x 720 pixels and resolution — that dominate image selection consideration. The vertical constraint of 720 pixels is a particular challenge.

We hope our visitors will not be shy about sending us their high resolution photos to showcase their accomplishments.

Image selection is based solely upon the art and quality of the image. Standards is a dreary topic and anything we can do to brighten and enlighten how standards effect every aspect of our lives; all to the better. Image selection does not either imply an endorsement or intended to suggest a shortcoming in safety or sustainability.